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NCT Number: NCT05796180

Sexual Health Counseling Based on the BETTER Model

In this study, the investigators wanted to examine the effect of sexual health counseling to women in the postpartum period on the quality of life of the participants.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Behavior Sexual Behavior Sexuality

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Lokman Hekim Etlik Hospital

Ankara, Keçiören, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Primiparous,
  • Weeks of gestation 37 weeks and over,
  • Who had a singleton pregnancy,
  • Having a sexual partner/partner,
  • Having started sexual intercourse before starting training,
  • Without a diagnosed chronic disease (DM, HT, Heart disease, etc.),
  • Labour week 37 weeks and over
  • 18 years or older,
  • Able to speak and understand Turkish,

Exclusion criteria

  • Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale score of 12 and above,
  • To have received training on sexual health and family planning in a hospital or other health institution other than discharge training,

Treatment and study plan

Behavioral: sexual health counseling based on the BETTER model

Behavioral

The content of the research will be discussed by face-to-face interviews with women who gave birth vaginally and applied to the hospital for birth control 8-10 weeks after delivery. Pre-evaluation forms will be applied to women who have agreed to participate in the study to evaluate the inclusion criteria. Women who meet the inclusion criteria will be divided into experimental-control groups using the block randomization method.

An appointment will be made for interviews with the women in the experimental group. It is planned that these meetings will be held in the form of online video calls and will last an average of 45 minutes. The final tests will be held 8 weeks after the online meetings are over.

Primary outcomes

  1. Postpartum Sexual Life Quality Scale

    Time frame: 8 week

    The scale is still under development.

  2. Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale

    Time frame: 8 week

    The Arizona Sexual Experiences Scale (ASEX) is a 6-point Likert-type self-report scale and consists of 5 questions. This form reveals the capacity to reach orgasm, the feeling of satisfaction, vaginal wetness, arousal and sexual drive. Each question is scored from 1 to 6. The total score ranges from 5 to 30. Low scores indicate that the sexual response is satisfactory, strong and easy, while high scores indicate the presence of sexual dysfunction. The total scale score is formed by the sum of the scores of the scale items in the scale. The cut-off point of the scale was determined as 11. A score of 5 or more for each item indicates that there is a sexual dysfunction related to that item.

  3. VAS satisfaction scale

    Time frame: 8 week

    Women's satisfaction with sexual life will be evaluated with the visual analog scale (VAS). It shows that women who score high on the scale, which is scored between 0 (very dissatisfied) and 10 (very satisfied), also have high sexual satisfaction.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Lokman Hekim University

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Sexual Health Counseling Based on the BETTER Model on Postpartum Sexual Life Quality: A Randomized Controlled Study

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Apr 3, 2023
Registry last updated
Feb 6, 2026

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